Notes : Had a big concave screen that made it seem a lot larger than it actually was, It's a shiny dark plexy-glass molded 1.10m diam. concave mirror which reflects the inverted image of a 25 inch 15kHz monitor just above the players head. The result is an enlarged 'lens' effect, like surround vision cinema.

Then we have the sound:4 channels 'real' surround sound (2 front, 2 back). The laser canons sound from the rear speakers and the lasers 'swooshes' to the front speakers, nice to hear actually. The balance between front and rear is adjustable.

Rumble pack:The first american version has the 'electric motor with a off-balanced weight' positioned beneath the seat. The second american version and the european version had the motor placed inside the seats back. As the seat module was placed above the base structure and supported by 3 rubber cylinders, the rumble effect was quite noticable when getting hit by enemy lasers and when dying.

There were 3 versions of the Starblade cabinet that I know of, 2 american and a european. The european was more durable and heavier than the first american. It also had the lights in the back portion and different plastic decoration. The second american was like the european but had no back lights and was somewhat simpler.